Mary Joy P.

Calaylay
BSRTp-3A
Ethical Principles
 Beneficence
 Determining what is good can be difficult
 Means charity or mercy.
 This principle imposes on the clinician the responsibility to seek good for
the patient under all circumstances.
 The health care professional should do only what will benefit the
patient.
 Capacity
 The determination that the patient is capable of making a sound
decision to accept or withhold care.
 Essential components that must be met: an understanding of his or
her medical condition
 Veracity
 Means truth
 This principle states that clinicians should tell patients the truth at all
times.
 Benevolent deception is the view that a clinician can lie to a patient
for that patient’s own good.
 Veracity has not always been the norm in medical practice
 Nonmaleficence
 Is the principle that requires therapists to avoid or refrain from harm.
 The principle of double effects occurs when the benefit of a
treatment is accompanied by side effects that could cause harm.
 Autonomy
 Is the right and the ability to govern one’s self.
 In medical terms, it allows patients to make decisions about
medical treatment they will receive and decide which treatments
they do not wish to receive.
 Confidentiality
  Ensures that the information entrusted to healthcare professionals
in the duty is not revealed to others except when necessary to
carry out such duties.
 The principle of confidentiality remains one of the most cherished
medical ethical principles, and the patient care partnership
guarantees confidentiality by stating, ‘we respect the
confidentiality of your relationship with your doctor and other
caregivers, and the sensitive information about your health and
health care that are part of that relationship.
 Justice
 Is the principle that deals with fairness and equity in the
distribution of scare resources, such as time, services, equipment,
and money.
 The egalitarian theory of justice states that all individuals should
have access to goods and services.
 Role Fidelity
 Implies an obligation or faithfulness to duty.
 Each member of the healthcare team has a role with specific tasks
and responsibilities, or a scope of practice that is usually set by
tradition or the state legislature that regulates healthcare
practice.
 Each clinician has a duty to practice within this role (role fidelity).
 Keeping within the scope of practice is considered in the best
interest of the patient of fidelity